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Academic Integrity and APA Citation
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association( 7th ed.)
Consult the print version of the APA style manual in your campus library's Reference Collection for more in-depth information:
BF 76.7 .P83 2020
OC Library's APA Citation Style Resources
Comprehensive list of online examples from APA
In APA, the algorithm changes slightly based on the type of source you are working with.
Pay attention to punctuation and font (italicization) in the APA example.
In-Text Citation
Paraphrase (Author Last Name, Date)
Direct Quotation (Author, Date, Page) Page format = p.# for a single page, or pp. #-# for a range of pages.
No Date available is entered as n.d. {no date} format is (n.d.).
No Author information is available?
If no author or creator is provided, start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details.
Sometimes, the author's information will not be a person's name. It may be an organization or corporation, such as Health Canada, or a username on a site such as YouTube.
DOI (doi) Digital Object Identifier is a unique identifier to a journal, article, book, etc. If DOI has been assigned it will be displayed on the information source and in the OCtopus detailed record display.
No DOI leave it out.
If you are citing a digital (Web) without a DOI is the Browser URL Addess of the Webpage. Remember that some URLs are created dynamically and may expire after a short period of time . Write down bibliographic information such as Author, Title, search terms used to locate the webpage ect. After 24 hours test the inital URL to see if it is still working.
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